Recent violent elections in Zimbabwe and Kenya, talk of potential crisis in upcoming elections in Ghana and Burundi, political infighting in Sudan and contested elections in Nigerian courts all paint a dire picture of the evolution of democracy on the continent. Yesterday, an historic deal was signed in Harare bringing the MDC and ZANU-PF together in a power-sharing government of national unity. Johann Kriegler, a retired South African judge in charge of a commission of inquiry into the causes of the recent election violence in Kenya says that coalition governments are not the solution as it violates the very principal of democracy and competition in politics at the expense of stability. What way forward for African democracy?
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